Testing starts with the first line of code! It is NOT a downstream activity. DevOps
testing has a critical role to play in a Continuous
Delivery Pipeline. Without integrated testing, DevOps simply will not
work! With the advent of DevOps and the
movement to break down silos between developers, QA, security, and operations, it becomes
critically important that all members of an IT team - regardless of what tools
they use, or what role they play - understand the essentials of testing.
Every member of your development team should also integrate
to ensure Compliance and Audit outcomes!
It is a new world. In this new
world, we can leverage from existing but must be open to walking through new doors
of opportunity.
Understanding traditional test strategies is helpful but
when and where, and most importantly how we proceed with our test strategy must
shift. Knowing how to code is not enough,
Quality Assurance in and of itself is not enough. We cannot afford to have our products and
services fail and we certainly do not want them to fail publicly.
Anyone involved in defining or deploying a DevOps testing
strategy and those orchestrating
and automating a Continuous Delivery Pipeline.
That includes:
- Quality assurance managers
- Testers and quality assurance teams
- Software engineers and DevOps engineers
- IT managers
- Project managers
- Release managers and delivery staff
- Maintenance and support staff
- Anyone involved in testing tool selection
- And if you are reading this, YOU!
This is an amazing time of opportunity in the IT Industry. We do not have to give up stability and reliability
for speed. You and your staff can optimize
your career path and change the direction of your entire organization. That direction leads to real outcomes that
benefit speed to value, and customer satisfaction at a lower cost. It can be done!
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